Obtaining and Utilizing Community Resources
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Description: The Web site for the American Red Cross provides information on Red Cross services and a publications area including a babysitter's handbook. You can also enter your zip code to find your local Red Cross.
Resources for Supporting Entrepreneurship at the Community Level 
Description: This article provides a variety of resources that may support economic development through entrepreneurship. Some external resources are physical in nature, such as grants, use of facilities, or infrastructure. Others are human in nature, such as technical assistance, information, and administration. This article contains common resources that communities might consider utilizing in order to strengthen their entrepreneurship infrastructure.
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Applying CYFERnet Resources to Evaluate Community Outcomes: Developing Community Resources
Author: Jakes, Susan (21 more by this author); Marczak, Mary S.; Shannon, Lisa Cassidy; Taylor, Shirley H.
Description: A bulletin that discusses applying CYFERnet resources to evaluate community outcomes. In particular, it describes an evaluation plan for a community-based program designed to develop community resources and to increase community members' confidence in their ability to make a difference in their community.
Evaluating the National Outcomes: Community: Resource Development: Indicators and Measures
Description: An Evaluating the National Outcomes resource that gives examples of indicators, measures, and tools for evaluating community resource development.
Evaluating the National Outcomes: Community: Resource Development: Literature Review
Description: An Evaluating the National Outcomes resource that briefly reviews the literature about community resource development. It includes links to indicators, measures, sources, and annotations.
Evaluating the National Outcomes: Community: Resource Development: Sources and Annotations
Description: An Evaluating the National Outcomes resource that includes sources and annotations for Resource Development in communities.
Laboratory for Community and Economic Development (LCED)
Description: This is the website for the Laboratory for Community and Economic Development of the University of Illinois Extension Department. It contains information about conferences for community development, community development and strategic planning information, community initiatives and how these can be implemented in specific communities, community evaluation tools and templates for conducting community evaluations, and economic information about specific counties in Illinois. It also contains information about developing tourism resources, and numerous links to other information.
Non-Profit Organizational Assessment Tool: Resource Development
Author: Lewis, Andrew (6 more by this author)
Description: A part of a series of evaluation questions to assess a non-profit's organizational capacity. This piece addresses resource development.
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Author: Copeland, Alison; Lisa Hamilton-Hill
Description: 4 Habitat is a partnership between the University of Missouri 4-H Youth Development Program, Human Environmental Sciences Architectural Studies Extension, and Show-Me Central Habitat for Humanity. The 4 Habitat team integrates: (1) 4-H/Extension staff, volunteer, and youth abilities and skills, (2) opportunities for 4-H youth to apply life skills and practice service to others, and (3) support for low-income homeowner families. Working with a Habitat for Humanity family, youth and volunteers engaged in a year-long service experience that enhanced youth skills in the areas of collaborative project planning and execution, home maintenance, interior design, energy efficiency, landscaping and nutrition. The Habitat for Humanity family learned about interior design and to care for their new home in a more energy efficient and cost efficient manner.
Youth focus group data revealed that the program fostered a sense of giving and accomplishment, the development of new skills and the transfer of knowledge to real world experience. In particular, youth learned about energy efficiency and electric bill savings, how to prepare and make meals last longer to save on grocery bills, and interior design concepts such as color and furniture selection. The family appreciated learning practical skills that will help them sustain their new home. They also valued working as a team with the youth, learning together as spouses, and all that 4 Habitat did for the family.
Description: This study examines social, medical and economic conditions affecting quality of life for low-income rural families in 3 states; tribal reservations are included. Policy recommendations are generated based focus group interviews and analysis of census data.
Building Community Collaboration and Consensus
Author: Petersen, C. R.
Description: The purpose of this site is to provide practical information for buiding collaboration and partnerships. It is designed to help community members locate the assets and resources that already exist in their communities and then develop and complete their goals and objectives. Included are guidelines for building a collaboration, an example of a community collaboration in Madison county, and a power point presentation about collaboration.
Communities as systems: Is a community more than the sum of its parts?
Author: Small, Stephen (3 more by this author); Andrew Supple
Description: A paper discussing the concept of community systems and applications for children and youth in interventions.
Community Guide to Developmental Impact Analysis
Description: As Wisconsin communities continue to grow, local officials and community members are constantly challenged by the need to balance fiscal, social, economic, and environmental goals. One aspect of this challenge is deciding how much and what types of new development the community can accommodate without compromising the day-to-day quality of life for residents. Socio-economic impact assessment is designed to assist communities in making decisions that promote long-term sustain-ability, including economic prosperity, a healthy community, and social well-being.
Competition, Cooperation, and Local Government
Description: Issue brief describes the impact that competition, privatization, and decentralization of public services may have on rural communities. Suggestions for leveraging resources and making rural communities better able to compete for services are offered.
Description: This technology trend explores the benefits of a regularly issued e-newsletter as an easy and cost-effective way to communicate with participants and potential sponsors. Their immediacy and interactivity also give them much more functionality than printed ones.
Economic Multipliers: How Communities Can Use Them for Planning
Author: Miller, Wayne (1 more by this author); Tracy Armbruster
Description: This fact sheet defines economic multipliers, shows how they are calculated, explains how to interpret them and identifies their limitations. If multipliers are used wisely they can help communities decide where to invest time and resources to get the greatest benefit. An example is used to illustrate the use of multipliers.
Evaluating the National Outcomes: Community: Resource Development: Sources and Annotations
Description: An Evaluating the National Outcomes resource that includes sources and annotations for Resource Development in communities.
Leadership for Healthy Communities
Author: Erickson, Donald
Description: A fact sheet describing the terminology and issues regarding power constituents and decision makers in a community.
Nonprofit Center: Useful Links
Description: This website hosts a number of links that provide a wealth of information for and about nonprofit organizations. It includes links to advocacy resources, career development resources, fundraising resources, strategic planning resources, and links to many other resources for nonprofit organizations and for people interested in nonprofit organizations.
The Building Blocks of Community Development
Description: This resource presents a model of community development that focuses upon attracting high-quality jobs that add more value to communities. Through the addition of the high-quality jobs, community assets and income are increased and the overall quality of the community environment is improved.
Description: A fact sheet that reviews major resources available throughout Pennsylvania for individuals who have experienced a reduction in income.
Your Community Internet Site: A New Tool for your Development Toolbox
Author: Fesenmaier, Julie (3 more by this author)
Description: A guide that explains how to develop a website that will be useful for communities.
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Competition, Cooperation, and Local Government
Description: Issue brief describes the impact that competition, privatization, and decentralization of public services may have on rural communities. Suggestions for leveraging resources and making rural communities better able to compete for services are offered.
Description: This technology trend explores the benefits of a regularly issued e-newsletter as an easy and cost-effective way to communicate with participants and potential sponsors. Their immediacy and interactivity also give them much more functionality than printed ones.
Author: Zaniewski, Jennifer; Jennifer Sirangelo (National 4-H Council)
Description: A CYFAR 2009 workshop, Mission-focused Fundraising presents information specific to 4-H programs to assist in fund raising initiatives that both meet the goals of 4-H and use the 4-H mission as a marketing tool to recruit funders.
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Author: Copeland, Alison; Lisa Hamilton-Hill
Description: 4 Habitat is a partnership between the University of Missouri 4-H Youth Development Program, Human Environmental Sciences Architectural Studies Extension, and Show-Me Central Habitat for Humanity. The 4 Habitat team integrates: (1) 4-H/Extension staff, volunteer, and youth abilities and skills, (2) opportunities for 4-H youth to apply life skills and practice service to others, and (3) support for low-income homeowner families. Working with a Habitat for Humanity family, youth and volunteers engaged in a year-long service experience that enhanced youth skills in the areas of collaborative project planning and execution, home maintenance, interior design, energy efficiency, landscaping and nutrition. The Habitat for Humanity family learned about interior design and to care for their new home in a more energy efficient and cost efficient manner.
Youth focus group data revealed that the program fostered a sense of giving and accomplishment, the development of new skills and the transfer of knowledge to real world experience. In particular, youth learned about energy efficiency and electric bill savings, how to prepare and make meals last longer to save on grocery bills, and interior design concepts such as color and furniture selection. The family appreciated learning practical skills that will help them sustain their new home. They also valued working as a team with the youth, learning together as spouses, and all that 4 Habitat did for the family.
Description: Chapter 3 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with families being able to gain access to community services.
Communities as systems: Is a community more than the sum of its parts?
Author: Small, Stephen (3 more by this author); Andrew Supple
Description: A paper discussing the concept of community systems and applications for children and youth in interventions.
Competition, Cooperation, and Local Government
Description: Issue brief describes the impact that competition, privatization, and decentralization of public services may have on rural communities. Suggestions for leveraging resources and making rural communities better able to compete for services are offered.
Evaluating the National Outcomes: Community: Resource Development: Indicators and Measures
Description: An Evaluating the National Outcomes resource that gives examples of indicators, measures, and tools for evaluating community resource development.
Evaluating the National Outcomes: Community: Resource Development: Literature Review
Description: An Evaluating the National Outcomes resource that briefly reviews the literature about community resource development. It includes links to indicators, measures, sources, and annotations.
Evaluating the National Outcomes: Community: Resource Development: Sources and Annotations
Description: An Evaluating the National Outcomes resource that includes sources and annotations for Resource Development in communities.
Laboratory for Community and Economic Development (LCED)
Description: This is the website for the Laboratory for Community and Economic Development of the University of Illinois Extension Department. It contains information about conferences for community development, community development and strategic planning information, community initiatives and how these can be implemented in specific communities, community evaluation tools and templates for conducting community evaluations, and economic information about specific counties in Illinois. It also contains information about developing tourism resources, and numerous links to other information.
Author: Zaniewski, Jennifer; Jennifer Sirangelo (National 4-H Council)
Description: A CYFAR 2009 workshop, Mission-focused Fundraising presents information specific to 4-H programs to assist in fund raising initiatives that both meet the goals of 4-H and use the 4-H mission as a marketing tool to recruit funders.
Nonprofit Center: Useful Links
Description: This website hosts a number of links that provide a wealth of information for and about nonprofit organizations. It includes links to advocacy resources, career development resources, fundraising resources, strategic planning resources, and links to many other resources for nonprofit organizations and for people interested in nonprofit organizations.
Tapping Private Sector Resources, CDFS-16
Description: A fact sheet that discusses how to tap private sector resources. It also describes different types of resources.
The Asset-based Community Development Institute
Description: The ABCD Institute disseminates its findings on capacity-building community development in two ways: (1) through extensive and substantial interactions with community builders, and (2) by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.
The Main Street Managers Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain
Author: Fesenmaier, Julie (3 more by this author)
Description: Identifies 5 basic principles of community development:
C is for creating capital without which communities cannot complete.
L is for creating a learning community which is flexible and adaptive to change in today's global marketplace
I is for involving community groups and following principles of inclusiveness.
M is for the mission of our community development strategies.
B is for building broad based support for our mission.
Also includes worksheets and self-evaluation materials for program and organization workers to determine the needs of their community and how well they are facilitating community development.
Your Community Internet Site: A New Tool for your Development Toolbox
Author: Fesenmaier, Julie (3 more by this author)
Description: A guide that explains how to develop a website that will be useful for communities.
– Research –
Description: This study examines social, medical and economic conditions affecting quality of life for low-income rural families in 3 states; tribal reservations are included. Policy recommendations are generated based focus group interviews and analysis of census data.
Communities as systems: Is a community more than the sum of its parts?
Author: Small, Stephen (3 more by this author); Andrew Supple
Description: A paper discussing the concept of community systems and applications for children and youth in interventions.
Laboratory for Community and Economic Development (LCED)
Description: This is the website for the Laboratory for Community and Economic Development of the University of Illinois Extension Department. It contains information about conferences for community development, community development and strategic planning information, community initiatives and how these can be implemented in specific communities, community evaluation tools and templates for conducting community evaluations, and economic information about specific counties in Illinois. It also contains information about developing tourism resources, and numerous links to other information.